My thots exactly. Why not pull some of the work back from outsourcing
Posted By: Not again on 2007-12-11
In Reply to: I encountered slow to no work the weeks preceding Thanksgiving and several days after but the past - Transcender2
and ask us if we want to learn a new platform rather than telling us to take the day off or telling us to adjust schedules to meet the demand (which there is none since I already do that). There is no work and they continue to send work overseas. They continue to put new people on to help and we have even less work. Management is not concerned about the peons, just their own fat paychecks and fun times in the city.
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I work for a company in FL. I pull my work off their
system in FL, so they do not pay state taxes. I've been there 5 years and they have never paid state tax. Don't know my state tax code, but since they are in a different state can't see how it would apply anyway. The IRS hasn't complained. I increased DH state tax deduction to compensate instead of having to pay quarterly taxes.
Outsourcing our work!
Great idea - Donna - If we got organized and spread the word as to who to work for that was not doing this to a major degree and let our local medical community be aware of the dangers of the medical records not coming under any privacy laws and the patients response to this - then we could make a difference. If we could only get an organized effort going - I would be more available and willing to help - even if it would mean a trip to Washington DC on my own dime.
Please let me know what kind of efforts I can join to fight this - are there any around Tampa Bay? We should be organized in our fight and bring this up at the local medical association meetings and convince the doctors that a penny saved is not necessarily a penny in the direction of 'best practices' in the end! Please feel free to e-mail me anytime. Let's Roll!!
Outsourcing is a hospital sending work out to SM
be done by a service (for our purposes, this is a good definition), while OFFSHORING is when a hospital or service sends the work outside the U.S. (like to India, Pakistan, Phillippines, etc.) to be done.
outsourcing means the work is sent outside the office
so if they do not have an inhouse transcriptionist, they outsource the work to a service or IC. Off shoring is work done somewhere outside U.S. However, most people do not make a distinction between the two. Outsourcing CAN BE offshoring and often is used interchangeably.
That is talking about outsourcing not off-shoring work. NM
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TransTech has lost work somehow, somewhere . . . or outsourcing/offshoring it !
How could Transtech mgmt be so noncaring of their MT's who provide their paychecks for them??? Yet, they care NOT of the MT's get a paycheck or NOT.
Soon to be gone from TT. Not what it was cracked up to be from the beginning.
TransTech has lost work somehow, somewhere . . . or outsourcing/offshoring it !
How could Transtech mgmt be so noncaring of their MT's who provide their paychecks for them??? Yet, they care NOT of the MT's get a paycheck or NOT.
Soon to be gone from TT. Not what it was cracked up to be from the beginning.
Mgmt and those leads/sups who are STEALING our work should add money to the piecework MT's paychecks every pay period that we make less. Oh, boy, you are really good mgmt at TT !!!
The sweet talk from most of your mgmt-type people wore out VERY QUICKLY. What is left from TT for the MT's -- NOTHING but low and no work.
Mgmt, SHARE YOUR PAYCHECKS/GAINS/BONUSES with us lowly *per your opinion of us in reality* MT's who type our fingers off so that you can GET ALL THAT MONEY for YOURSELVES !
Between the outsourcing and overhiring, there is absolutely no work for anyone/anything American, pe
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The hospital I work has no intention of outsourcing...physicians and administrators want inhouse tra
and Medquist hasn't bothered us at all. Our reps are still the same personable guys they have always been.
I was reading about the back up help. I would like also to have some back up work.
 I am not getting anywhere near 12,000 lines this go around. My goal is 12,000 lines each pay period.
Which is why I only pull up my own
I think they overlook this because they hire MTs with at least 5 years experience (or at least they used to), so they assume we know what we are doing.
I pull up only my own too but sometimes
NM
Pull the other leg...
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I HAVE TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER!
 I had 14 reports from the worst dictator ever, would have made more money working for Burger King! Now, I have the second worse - really! Love it! The new company figured out I can do any dictation - and I get all the crap! I'm going to go running down the street with my underwear over my head, a foot pedal tied to each ankle and a big dictionary stuck up my rear, screaming for mercy!
I seems very fraudulent to me to hire SE's and then pull the rug out
Maybe most of them wouldn't have hired on if they had known this was going to happen. Now they'll either have to go along with the program or start job hunting again. I know I'd be extremely angry if it were me. Having to spend time sending resumes, interviewing and testing realy sucks!
What in the world??!!! Did you just pull these names out of your.....
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Companies pull their ads if they get swamped with
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This sounds like the crap they used to pull
They would constantly run out of work - making it impossible to make quota, then would mail out nasty little letters about not making quota and threatening to reduce me to part-time and take away my benefits - when it was THEIR fault in the first place for not having enough work. Finally they lost all of my accounts, a chain of hospitals in Tennessee, so I quit. That has been a few years ago. It used to be horrible working there, and this sounds like the stuff they put me through.
Hey - pull my finger... there's YOUR bonus. ha nm
.APRIL FOOLS! Just kidding - really I don't care what you think. All I did was answer some basic questions, not offer a blooming thing in regards to using me as an MT bonus reference.
If the hospital finds out will they pull the account? nm
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Hmmm...well I can pull up a list of all the reports I
and I can click on statistics for each one and see the line count, which coincides with Ctrl I. I can see all the reports I have done. I don't know anything about ichart - never used that.
Their platform made me want to pull my hair out!! (SM)
I found it relied too much on the mouse. This was back in April. I would consider going back if improvements were made to their platform. Has it gotten any better? You can e-mail me if you'd prefer. TIA
Do the control A thing, find the name, pull it....sm
into the box, highlight it, hit control C then escape out and paste it (control V) into the document. That way the name is correct as well as the credentials. Hope you find this helpful.
Wow, what a horrible time of year for them to pull something like that
I have never even heard of this company before, but after reading these posts, it sounds like they probably won't be around much longer. It kind of sounds like what happened at SPI a few months after I left. I am so sorry for the employees who were laid off, and I hope you find new jobs soon.
Hey, QA, I made another mistake .. pull my post .. LOL
Pardon the html in my post, as I tried to enter smileys ... lol ... there was no way to proofread ~ and I didn't anyway, because it's time for me to get ready for work. I also said not being turned down ~ should have been no not .. LOL .. toodles ~ I'm outta here and not participating anymore. ;o)
At OSi using ExText we can easily pull up other patient reports
I've done that many times if I can't understand a medication name or whatever. I'll pull up the H&P, progress notes, whatever. Really easy to do.
TT DictExt question. Is there a way to pull a doctor's name into text? (sm)
Currently if it is name I don't know how to spell correctly, I hit ControlA and search then type it into document. Just hoping there was another way and thought some of you that have used this longer would know.
TIA
Don't need to record files. Pull them into Express Scribe (free on line) and play them thru there
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If you have an Infinity pedal, you can pull the files in thru Express Scribe, (free download) and
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I am not really sure. Your work is due back the next day. As for sm
weekends and holidays, it is clinic work, and I do not think any of the accounts work on the weekends, but I could be wrong. The work you get on Friday is due back on Monday morning. You might submit your resume anyway. The lead MT handles the hiring, and she is great. Perhaps you could work something out. I only work part-time, and I cannot really speak for the company, but feel free to email me if you have any other questions, and I will help if I can.
Good luck!
going back to work
have not been working for nearly 2 years....just wondering what companies are out there these days that are hiring.....any suggestions appreciated....thanks
Let's just get back to work girls
let bygones be bygones and let it go already. Let's get back to work and do our jobs!
Work load is back up.
Most are too busy to post, I guess.
When will work pick back up? nm
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I need to go back to clinic MT work
It seems like all VR is are ESL physicians. I think I need to go back to standard typing clinic work again so that I can pay my bills. My wrists will hate me for it though
I need to go back to clinic MT work
It seems like all VR is are ESL physicians. I think I need to go back to standard typing clinic work again so that I can pay my bills. My wrists will hate me for it though
I edit the work that comes back from India. (sm)
Not sure why they did not tell you the truth. That REALLY bothers me.
make that what I do know "is" that..........sorry now back to work :)
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PLenty of work here. And I only have 1 account, no back up.
Has anyone ever gone back to work for a previous company?
I was just wondering if any of you out there had ever gone back to work for a company that you had worke at before. What was your experience in doing so? Is it worth looking into?
Thanks for any help.
I didn't work there way back in 2005, so
I can't comment on your personal experience, but for me in 2008:
1. If you run out of work, you are paid downtime. You can do backup acounts also. Not sure about the written consent but there are a lot of us who work on other accounts.
2. Sample reports: The program allows you to bring up previously typed reports by experienced MTs by doctor, patient, report type, etc., so the MT has endless samples.
3. Supervisor currently, from what I can tell anyhow, has a lot of contact with hosital including informing them of problem dictators and other issues that directly impact the MT's production, etc.
4. I think they changed the insurance to cover out-of-area employees, but don't quote me on that.
Personally I've had a very good experience with the FL account. Nothing is perfect, but I'm very satisfied.
Going back to the question of "Whose work is it"?
I was just reading the posts below about leaving work for other people if the work is low. I cannot imagine sitting here and not working if there is work because someone else might not have work to do when they want it. When I take a job, they tell me that I am required to do x number of lines a day and I usually tell them, well I require myself to do x number of lines a day (always way more than what they require), and I expect that every day when I work that I get MY requirement. Now, I stop when I get my requirement, but I am most definitely not going to stop at their requirement just because the work is low.
I love my fellow MTs, but I also love to pay my bills on time, I love to have my spending money, I love to pay for what I want, I love to eat - are they going to share their money with me just because I left them work?
And I also do not expect them to leave me work just because the work is low.
Well, go back to work and quit trying to stir the pot.
If your company is never out of work or always back-logged, can you state the name? Thx. nm
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Transmitting back the work doesn't cause a problem
because the file is a very small fraction of the size of a voice file. A voice file is huge, but a text file is small in comparison, so doesn't take near as long to transmit.
After the first file is downloaded though you can work, so it isn't like you are just sitting waiting for them to download. When I had dial-up I would set to download and then go take my shower.
Ah, it's the "eye roller" again. Get back to work. This is why you keep getting fired.
Guess what - you DO sound like a disgruntled employee! Do you think your attitude has anything to do with your bad luck on the job market?
I'm sure because the work is coming back a real mess..sm
These companies think they can breeze by with their overseas MTs, and sure they can if they have enough back up by seasoned US MTs and editors. Once the proportion becomes unbalanced, and they have more overseas MTs and less US MTs, the mess will start to pile up. It really does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. In time, it will come back to kick these companies in the rear. That's why I always say an experienced MT makes a much better transcription service owner because they would never put themselves in this situation; clearly able to decipher fantasy from reality and not just the big $ signs. I am not referring to this company, but any MT company in general.
My "lull" lasted about an hour. Now it's back on too much work!! (LOL)
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H. told me the work was going back in house for some of the doctors. nm
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YOG before MQ -- lots of work and good income back then. nm
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You obviously do not work there. They started paying the extra a while back for OT. sm
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